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FAMILY SCIURIDAE

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

A mammal family of true squirrels including: ground squirrels; marmots; chipmunks; flying squirrels; spermophiles

Synonyms:

family Sciuridae; Sciuridae

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Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("family Sciuridae" is a kind of...):

mammal family (a family of mammals)

Meronyms (members of "family Sciuridae"):

squirrel (a kind of arboreal rodent having a long bushy tail)

genus Sciurus; Sciurus (type genus of the Sciuridae; typical moderate-sized arboreal squirrels)

genus Tamiasciurus; Tamiasciurus (American red squirrels)

Citellus; genus Citellus; genus Spermophilus; Spermophilus (typical ground squirrels)

Cynomys; genus Cynomys (prairie dogs)

genus Tamias; Tamias (chipmunks of eastern North America)

Eutamias; genus Eutamias (chipmunks of western America and Asia)

genus Glaucomys; Glaucomys (New World flying squirrels)

genus Marmota; Marmota (marmots)

Petauristidae; subfamily Petauristidae (Old World flying squirrels)

Holonyms ("family Sciuridae" is a member of...):

Sciuromorpha; suborder Sciuromorpha (large more or less primitive rodents: squirrels; marmots; gophers; beavers; etc.)

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